Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.570-0.630 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.9 billion. Vertiv also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-3.600 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on VRT shares. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Vertiv from $142.00 to $131.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Vertiv from $141.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Vertiv from $126.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on shares of Vertiv in a report on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $150.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Fox Advisors started coverage on Vertiv in a report on Monday, January 6th. They set an “equal weight” rating for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $138.57.

Vertiv Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:VRT traded down $2.25 during trading on Thursday, hitting $108.99. The stock had a trading volume of 2,740,038 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,013,509. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $123.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $108.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 73.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.64. Vertiv has a 12-month low of $55.00 and a 12-month high of $155.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.60.

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.15. Vertiv had a net margin of 7.72% and a return on equity of 55.33%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.56 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Vertiv will post 2.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vertiv Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0375 per share. This is an increase from Vertiv’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. This represents a $0.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.14%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 3rd. Vertiv’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 6.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Vertiv

In other news, insider Anand Sanghi sold 30,914 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $141.46, for a total transaction of $4,373,094.44. Following the sale, the insider now owns 19,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,751,114.08. This trade represents a 61.38 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Stephen Liang sold 86,619 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.07, for a total transaction of $11,353,152.33. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,551 shares in the company, valued at $2,562,549.57. This trade represents a 81.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 171,527 shares of company stock worth $23,105,682. Insiders own 5.01% of the company’s stock.

Vertiv Company Profile

Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.